Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Globutron]

The guy who claims to be meeting me failed to mention HOW exactly. I sure hope is isn't planning on calling me, I won't have a phone with any SIM card in until I arrive and buy a new one.

Will the chances be high that he'll hold up a sign? I've emailed but to no avail just yet and I'm about to go bed... =\ I wouldn't like to turn up lost at sea.

[Illysook]

yes, they hold up signs...and the person holding the sign may or may not be from your school. Sometimes, they hire a driver.

[andrewchon]

Yeah, for me, they sent a taxi driver.
I had to get some money changed into K-money, buy a phone card and call from public phone, my recruiter. He said "You were supposed to wait at the designated waiting spot", some coffee bar or something, I can't remember. Anyway, if worst comes to worst, you can do that.

[Globutron]

This sounds like it's going to be fun. I usually have the worst of luck with this kind of thing.
I suppose I could go to the information desk and get them to yell the guys name who I now only think will be there.

Knowing my luck I'll get a taxi driver who then asks 'where do you want to go' ... 'I uh... South Korea?'

[hockeyguy109]

[snowysunshine]

When we arrived last week, there was a sign with my name on it taped to a post.. but no one seemed to own it. We just sat down on a bench next to it, until the call van driver came and noticed we'd arrived. WELCOME to KOREA! LOL

[tophatcat]

The first school I worked at was a small hogwon. The director didn't have a lot of money so he purchased a BOAT-TICKET for me, 12-days travel. The school had only 1 Korean teacher and 9 students. They were all waiting at the dock for me, waving balloons.

[Pangit]

Didn't you send them a picture of yourself?

[sarcean]

[Senior]

You honestly don't hear that many stories of people getting stranded after there flight. It does happen, but it isn't that hard to fix the situation if you keep calm and work through it. Just make sure you have some cash and the directors phone number and you will be sweet.

[naturegirl321]

I'd have a plan B just in case they don't show up. Last time I was here after 50 hours of travel time and 26 spent on the plane, the phone number they gave me didn't work.

I broke down in tears, called my husband in Peru and asked him to hack into my email and check the number. It was right, but still didn't work.

I ended up going to a hotel and spening 90,000 a night, which was about 9 times as much as I'd ever paid in Peru.

At the hotel I signed into my email and called someone else at the office who called the person who was SUPPOSED to pick me up. And he did, the next day, and had to pay for my hotel.

FYI, this same guy screwed up again. Another teacher arrived, he called and the man said that he was too drunk to drive and told the teacher to find his own accomodations for the night. Lcukily he had friends in Seoul.

This time I booked my hotel and stayed at the hotel until my apt will be ready on Sunday.

NOt saying it will happen to you, but it's nice to have a back up plan. If they pick you up, no worries, but just in case, it's nice to have somewhere to go.

[naturegirl321]

[tokkibunni8]

[andrewchon]

[Sadebugo1]